BRAXTON-HICKS CONTRACTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Braxton-Hicks contraction mean? 

• BRAXTON-HICKS CONTRACTION (noun)
  The noun BRAXTON-HICKS CONTRACTION has 1 sense:

1. painless contractions of the muscles of the uterus that continue throughout pregnancy with increasing frequency

  Familiarity information: BRAXTON-HICKS CONTRACTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRAXTON-HICKS CONTRACTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Painless contractions of the muscles of the uterus that continue throughout pregnancy with increasing frequency

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

Braxton-Hicks contraction; false labor

Hypernyms ("Braxton-Hicks contraction" is a kind of...):

contraction; muscle contraction; muscular contraction ((physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber))